Half of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation has failed - the media

According to Western journalists, the situation in the Crimea has a significant psychological impact on the Russian leadership. Explosions at the Saki military airfield in the occupied Crimea have failed more than half of the Black Sea Fleet's Maritime Aircraft aircraft, Reuters reports, citing an unnamed Western official. On the face of anonymity, he said that Ukraine is currently consistent with the "kinetic effect" in the deep rear of the Russian troops.

This significantly influences the material and technical support of the aggressor army and has a "significant psychological impact on the Russian leadership". According to the interlocutor of the publication, the Black Sea Fleet tried hard to perform much more functions than simply "coastal defense flotilla", which only rarely caught rocket strokes. In particular, the fleet tried to threaten the landing of the landing in Odessa, but these plans were thwarted.

At the same time, according to the official, in general, the Russian-Ukrainian war was in a "moment close to operating stagnation. " "Land troops do not have sufficient concentrated ground combat force to begin effective offensive actions that would somehow significantly affect the war," he said. We will remind, on August 9 at the military airfield "Saki", the main base of maritime aviation of the Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea, a series of explosions came.

After the attack on the military object, the General Staff of the Armed Forces stated that the Russians had lost nine aircraft. This information was confirmed in the Armed Forces Command. In addition, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, 160 pilots and equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were killed or injured at the SAK.

British intelligence reported the likely destruction or serious damage of at least 5 Su-24 and 3 Multipurrent Su-30 aircraft at the Saki airfield. At the same time, the InformNapalm international reconnaissance analysts believe that the published satellite images do not show a complete picture of the consequences of explosions. Crimean sources talk about the following losses of Russians: 8 Su-27 aircraft, four Su-30cm, five Su-24, six Mi-8 helicopters and one IL-20.